2020 Melbourne Storm season

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2020 Melbourne Storm season
NRL Rank2nd
Play-off resultPremiers
2020 recordWins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 4
Points scoredFor: 534; against: 276
Team information
CEODave Donaghy
CoachCraig Bellamy
Captain
StadiumAAMI Park - 30,050 (2 games)
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium - 20,500 (1 game)
Suncorp Stadium - 52,500 (3 games)
Sunshine Coast Stadium - 12, 000 (6 games)
Top scorers
TriesJosh Addo-Carr (16)
GoalsCameron Smith (70)
PointsCameron Smith (184)
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The 2020 Melbourne Storm season was the 23rd in the club's history and they competed in the 2020 NRL season. The team was coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for his 18th consecutive season. Melbourne Storm were also captained by Cameron Smith, who had been the sole captain for the team since 2008—making this his 13th consecutive season. The season was suspended indefinitely on 23 March due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; however, on 28 April the NRL announced it would recommence on 28 May as a 20 Round competition with a revised fixture.

After the recommencement of the season, Melbourne Storm initially played home games at AAMI Park as usual; however, an escalation in coronavirus cases and a subsequent second lock-down in the state of Victoria forced the Storm to relocate in late June, firstly, to New South Wales and then to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. This has meant that the Storm have had to play home games at multiple venues interstate throughout the 2020 season including Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Sydney, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane and Sunshine Coast Stadium on the Sunshine Coast.

The club had a successful season on the field and after twenty rounds, finishing the regular season in second spot and earning a "home" qualifying final against the Parramatta Eels which was played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The Storm won this final, progressing through to a week three preliminary final at the same venue, where they played and defeated the Canberra Raiders for a spot in the 2020 NRL Grand Final. The Storm defeated the Penrith Panthers in the 2020 NRL Grand Final to finish the season as Premiers.

Season summary[edit]

  • Pre-season – New recruits took part in Melbourne Storm IDQ camp for pre season training before New Years. Aaron Booth was awarded the IDQ Iron bar. [1]
  • 14–15 February – Melbourne lose both their matches at the 2020 NRL Nines in Perth, to finish bottom of Pool 4. Sandor Earl and Tui Kamikamica were named as co-captains of a squad which included Fijian Siti Moceidreke.
  • Round 1 – The Storm continued their unbeaten run in Round 1 matches a record that stretches back to 2001 by defeating Manly at Brookvale Oval.
  • Round 2 – The Melbourne Storm defeated Cronulla at an empty WIN Stadium. All NRL matches were played in empty stadiums for the first time in the league's history, in response to government restrictions on non-essential public gatherings of 500 or more people due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
  • 23 March – Due to the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 NRL season was indefinitely suspended, for the first time in history.[3]
  • 28 April – The NRL announce that the competition will resume on 28 May and that it would be cut back a 20-round season, with the first two rounds scores and points remaining. The NRL will also release a revised fixture.[4]
  • 4 May – The Storm announce that they will temporarily set up a training camp in Albury, New South Wales to prepare for the resumption of the NRL season. Restrictions on group gatherings mean't it could not happen in Victoria.[5]
  • 7 May – The Storm begin their training camp at the home of Albury Tigers Football Club after the Albury Council elected to prevent the club using the local government managed Greenfield Park.[6]
  • 11 May – The Victorian State Government ease restrictions allowing the Storm to train in Victoria.
  • 15 May – The NRL release the revised fixture for Rounds 3 and 4.[7] Melbourne Storm will play the Round 3 fixture on 30 May.
  • 21 May – The full revised fixture is released for the remainder of 2020. Venues are only confirmed to Round 9, with the Storm to play home games at AAMI Park at this stage with no crowd.[8]
  • Round 3 – On 30 May the Melbourne Storm recommenced their season with a 22–6 loss against the Canberra Raiders.
  • Round 4 – The Storm return to the winners list with a win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Brenko Lee and Chris Lewis both make their playing debuts (For the Storm and NRL respectively). Brenko Lee also became the 200th player to play a game for the Melbourne Storm.
  • 23 June – The Melbourne Storm and NRL announce that the team will relocate indefinitely to either NSW or QLD after a sharp increase in coronavirus cases over the previous week in Victoria [9]
  • Round 7 – The Storm defeat the NZ Warriors 50–6 in their home game at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Sydney the match was notable as following the game Cameron Smith, Craig Bellamy and Ryan Hoffman all went into the Warriors' room to thank and acknowledge the sacrifice that they are making by moving to Australia during the COVID pandemic.[10] In addition, West Tigers Loan player Paul Momirovski made his debut for the Storm scoring 2 tries.
  • 27 June – Further to the report on 23 June the Storm confirm that they will indefinitely relocate to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland playing home games out of Suncorp Stadium.[11]
  • Round 8 – The Storm defeat the Sydney Roosters 27-25 after the game was sent into Golden Point with Ryan Papenhuyzen leveling the scores by kicking a field goal with 10 seconds remaining in regular time.
  • 8 July – Melbourne Storm announce that they will play their next three home matches at Sunshine Coast Stadium (Rounds 10, 12 and 13).[12]
  • Round 9 – The Storm defeat the Canberra Raiders 20–14. Darryn Schonig made his NRL debut and Cameron Smith reached another milestone with 300 wins in the NRL.
  • Round 10 – Melbourne Storm play their first home game on the Sunshine Coast with a 42–6 win over the Gold Coast Titans.
  • Round 12 – The Storm defeat the Knights in their 6th consecutive win. Cameron Smith injures his shoulder while scoring his try.
  • Round 13 – Due to the injury and resting of Cameron Smith, Jesse Bromwich was named as acting captain.[13] Originally Dale Finucane was named as a co-captain but dropped out of the side due to a minor injury. Jahrome Hughes played his 50th game for the Storm after playing his 50th NRL game overall two weeks earlier[14] in the win over Canterbury.
  • 18 August – The Storm announce that the remaining 3 home games in the 2020 season will be played at Sunshine Coast Stadium[15]
  • Round 15 – Kenny Bromwich is announced as captain of the team replacing brother Jesse due to suspension, Kenny becomes the club's 22nd Captain. Also Cooper John (son of Matthew Johns) will make his NRL debut.
  • Round 19 – Melbourne secure 2nd spot on the ladder after defeating Wests Tigers at Sunshine Coast stadium. This game was also notable as it was the club's 600th game in the NRL.
  • Round 20 – The Melbourne Storm make massive changes to the side resting almost the entire team that won in Round 19 due to them not being able to lose second place. Ryan Papenhuyzen is announced as the captain for the team making him the fourth captain in 2020 and 23rd overall for the club.[16] In addition, the game saw both Aaron Booth and Aaron Pene making their NRL debuts and Ricky Leutele making his Storm debut this also meant that the Storm had used a total of 32 players in its 2020 season more than any other season to date. Finally Max King played his 50th NRL game.
  • Finals Week 1 – The Storm defeat the Parramatta Eels to earn a week off and progress straight to Week 3 and a "Home" preliminary final.
  • Finals Week 3 – The Storm defeat the Canberra Raiders to advance to the 2020 NRL Grand Final. Dale Finucane plays his 200th NRL Game.
  • Grand final – The Storm defeat the Panthers 26-20 finishing with 11 players on the field to be crowned Premiers.

Milestone games[edit]

Round Player Milestone
Round 4 Brenko Lee Storm debut
Chris Lewis NRL debut
Round 6 Suliasi Vunivalu 100th Game
Round 7 Paul Momirovski Storm debut
Round 8 Brandon Smith 50th Game
Round 9 Darryn Schonig NRL debut
Cameron Smith 300th Victory
Round 11 Albert Vete 50th Game
Jahrome Hughes 50th Game
Round 15 Cooper Johns NRL debut
Round 16 Isaac Lumelume NRL debut
Round 17 Josh Addo-Carr 100th Game
Round 19 Melbourne Storm 600th Game
Round 20 Aaron Booth NRL debut
Aaron Pene NRL debut
Max King 50th Game
Ricky Leutele Storm debut
Preliminary Final Dale Finucane 200th Game

Fixtures[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Source:[17][18]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Source
14 February 2020 NRL Nines Pool Game Manly Sea Eagles HBF Park, Perth Loss 4 18 [19]
15 February 2020 NRL Nines Pool Game Brisbane Broncos HBF Park, Perth Loss 8 12 [19]
22 February Trial New Zealand Warriors Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North Win 18 16 [20]
29 February Trial North Queensland Cowboys Casey Fields, Cranbourne Win 22 14

Regular season[edit]

Source:[21]

Date Round Opponent Home/away Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field goals Report
15 March 1 Manly Sea Eagles Away Lottoland, Sydney Won 18 4 S Vunivalu (2), T Eisenhuth C Smith 3/4 [22]
21 March 2 Cronulla Sharks Away Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney Won 12 10 T Kamikamica C Smith 4/4 [8]
30 May 3 Canberra Raiders Home AAMI Park, Melbourne Lost 6 22 D Finucane C Smith 1/1 [23]
5 June 4 South Sydney Rabbitohs Home AAMI Park, Melbourne Won 22 8 R Papenhuyzen, S Vunivalu, J Addo-Carr, J Olam C Smith 3/5 [24]
13 June 5 Newcastle Knights Away Central Coast Stadium, Gosford Won 26 12 R Jacks, S Vunivalu, T Faasuamaleaui, B Smith C Smith 5/5 [25]
19 June 6 Penrith Panthers Away Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney Lost 14 21 F Kaufusi, B Lee C Smith 3/3 [26]
26 June 7 New Zealand Warriors Home Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney Won 50 6 S Vunivalu (3), P Momirovski (2), R Papenhuyzen (2), B Smith, J Addo-Carr C Smith 7/9 [27]
2 July 8 Sydney Roosters Home Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Won
(GP)		 27 25 J Hughes (2), J Addo-Carr, P Momirovski C Smith 5/5 R Papenhuyzen 1/1 [28]
11 July 9 Canberra Raiders Away GIO Stadium, Canberra Won 20 14 B Lee, J Addo-Carr, R Papenhuyzen C Smith 4/4 [29]
17 July 10 Gold Coast Titans Home Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Won 42 6 J Addo-Carr (2), N Asofa-Solomona (2), C Munster, B Lee, B Smith C Smith 7/8 [30]
24 July 11 Brisbane Broncos Away Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Won 46 8 J Addo-Carr (2), J Hughes (2), T Faasuamaleaui (2), K Bromwich, R Papenhuyzen C Smith 7/9 [31]
2 August 12 Newcastle Knights Home Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Won 26 16 S Vunivalu, C Smith, R Papenhuyzen, T Faasuamaleaui C Smith 2/2, C Munster 3/4 [32]
8 August 13 Canterbury Bulldogs Home Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Won 41 10 J Addo-Carr (2), K Bromwich (2), N Hynes, J Olam, S Vunivalu C Munster 3/4, N Hynes 3/3 C Munster 1/1 [33]
13 August 14 Sydney Roosters Away Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Won 24 6 J Olam (2). J Hughes, F Kaufusi R Papenhuyzen 4/5 [34]
20 August 15 Parramatta Eels Away Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta Lost 0 14 [35]
30 August 16 Manly Sea Eagles Home Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Won 30 6 J Olam (3), J Addo-Carr (2), N Asofa-Solomona C Smith 3/6 [36]
4 September 17 South Sydney Rabbitohs Away ANZ Stadium, Sydney Won 22 16 R Papenhuyzen, J Olam, T Faasuamaleaui, C Munster C Smith 3/4 [37]
13 September 18 North Queensland Cowboys Home Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Won 36 20 C Munster (2), N Asofa-Solomona, T Faasuamaleaui, J Addo-Carr C Smith 6/6 [38]
19 September 19 Wests Tigers Home Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Won 50 22 S Vunivalu (2), J Addo-Carr (2), N Hynes, J Hughes, J Olam, C Smith, T Faasuamaleaui C Smith 7/9 [39]
27 September 20 St George-Illawarra Dragons Away Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney Lost 22 30 P Momirovski, S Earl, C Lewis, I Lumelume, N Hynes R Papenhuyzen 0/4, N Hynes 1/1 [40]

Finals[edit]

Source:[41]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field Goals Report
3 October Week 1 - Qualifying Final Parramatta Eels Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Won 36 24 R Papenhuyzen (2), S Vunivalu, J Addo-Carr, J Bromwich, B Lee C Smith 6/6 [42]
16 October Week 3 - Preliminary Final Canberra Raiders Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Won 30 10 J Addo-Carr, R Papenhuyzen, S Vunivalu, J Olam, D Finucane C Smith 5/6 [43]
25 October Week 4 - Grand Final Penrith Panthers ANZ Stadium, Sydney Won 26 20 J Olam, S Vunivalu, C Smith, R Papenhuyzen C Smith 5/6 [44]

Original regular season fixture[edit]

Source:[45]

This was the original fixture for the Melbourne Storm prior to the COVID-19 pandemic causing the season to be altered and rescheduled.

Date Round Opponent Venue
15 March 1 Manly Sea Eagles Lottoland, Sydney
21 March 2 Cronulla Sharks Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney
28 March 3 Penrith Panthers AAMI Park, Melbourne
2 April 4 South Sydney Rabbitohs AAMI Park, Melbourne
11 April 5 Gold Coast Titans AAMI Park, Melbourne
16 April 6 North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland Stadium, Townsville
25 April 7 New Zealand Warriors AAMI Park, Melbourne
3 May 8 St George-Illawarra Dragons Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
11 May 9 Sydney Roosters Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
16 May 10 Parramatta Eels AAMI Park, Melbourne
26 May 11 New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
12 Bye
6 June 13 Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne
13 June 14 Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
26 June 15 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
3 July 16 Wests Tigers AAMI Park, Melbourne
11 July 17 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
18 July 18 Canterbury Bulldogs HBF Park, Perth
24 July 19 Cronulla Sharks AAMI Park, Melbourne
30 July 20 South Sydney Rabbitohs Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta
6 August 21 North Queensland Cowboys AAMI Park, Melbourne
14 August 22 Parramatta Eels Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta
21 August 23 Sydney Roosters AAMI Park, Melbourne
29 August 24 Brisbane Broncos AAMI Park, Melbourne
5 September 25 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Canberra

Ladder[edit]

2020 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Penrith Panthers 20 18 1 1 0 537 238 +299 37
2 Melbourne Storm (P) 20 16 0 4 0 534 276 +258 32
3 Parramatta Eels 20 15 0 5 0 392 288 +104 30
4 Sydney Roosters 20 14 0 6 0 552 322 +230 28
5 Canberra Raiders 20 14 0 6 0 445 317 +128 28
6 South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 12 0 8 0 521 352 +169 24
7 Newcastle Knights 20 11 1 8 0 421 374 +47 23
8 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 10 0 10 0 480 480 0 20
9 Gold Coast Titans 20 9 0 11 0 346 463 −117 18
10 New Zealand Warriors 20 8 0 12 0 343 458 −115 16
11 Wests Tigers 20 7 0 13 0 440 505 −65 14
12 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 7 0 13 0 378 452 −74 14
13 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 20 7 0 13 0 375 509 −134 14
14 North Queensland Cowboys 20 5 0 15 0 368 520 −152 10
15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20 3 0 17 0 282 504 −222 6
16 Brisbane Broncos 20 3 0 17 0 268 624 −356 6

Coaching staff[edit]

  • Craig Bellamy – Head Coach[46]
  • Jason Ryles – Senior Assistant Coach
  • Marc Brentnall – Assistant Coach
  • Ben Jack – U/20s Head Coach
  • Aaron Bellamy – Development Coach
  • Ryan Hinchcliffe – Development Coach
  • Frank Ponissi – Football Director
  • Ryan Hoffman – Football Administration Coordinator
  • Nick Maxwell – Leadership Coach
  • Craig McRae – Kicking & Catching Coach
  • Billy Slater – Specialist Coach (Part-time)
  • Craig Hodges – Easts Tigers Feeder Club Coach
  • Sam Mawhinney – Sunshine Coast Falcons Feeder Club Coach

2020 squad[edit]

List current as of 10 October 2020

Further information: List of Melbourne Storm players
Cap Nat. Player name Position First Storm game Previous First Grade RL club [a]
55 Australia Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002 Australia Melbourne Storm
119 New Zealand Jesse Bromwich PR 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
149 New Zealand Kenny Bromwich PR,SR,LK 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
160 Australia Cameron Munster FE,FB 2014 Australia Melbourne Storm
163 Australia Dale Finucane PR,SR,LK 2015 Australia Canterbury Bulldogs
164 Tonga Felise Kaufusi PR 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
166 New Zealand Nelson Asofa-Solomona SR, PR 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
167 Australia Christian Welch SR, PR 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
171 Fiji Suliasi Vunivalu WG 2016 Australia Melbourne Storm
176 Australia Josh Addo-Carr WG, FB 2017 Australia Wests Tigers
177 Canada Ryley Jacks FE 2017 Australia Gold Coast Titans
181 Fiji Tui Kamikamica SR, PR 2017 Australia Melbourne Storm
182 New Zealand Brandon Smith HK 2017 Australia Melbourne Storm
184 New Zealand Jahrome Hughes FE, FB 2017 Australia North Queensland Cowboys
187 Papua New Guinea Justin Olam WG, CE 2018 Australia Melbourne Storm
188 Australia Harry Grant HK 2018 Australia Melbourne Storm
190 Tonga Albert Vete PR 2018 New Zealand New Zealand Warriors
192 Australia Tom Eisenhuth SR 2019 Australia Penrith Panthers
193 Samoa Marion Seve WG 2019 Australia Melbourne Storm
194 Australia Ryan Papenhuyzen FB 2019 Australia Melbourne Storm
195 New Zealand Sandor Earl WG 2019 Australia Canberra Raiders
197 Samoa Tino Fa'asuamaleaui PR 2019 Australia Melbourne Storm
198 Australia Nicho Hynes CE 2019 Australia Melbourne Storm
199 Australia Max King PR 2019 Australia Gold Coast Titans
200 Tonga Brenko Lee CE 2020 Australia Gold Coast Titans
201 Australia Chris Lewis SR 2020 Australia Melbourne Storm
202 Australia Paul Momirovski CE 2020 Australia Wests Tigers
203 Australia Darryn Schonig PR 2020 Australia Melbourne Storm
204 Australia Cooper Johns FE 2020 Australia Melbourne Storm
205 Fiji Isaac Lumelume WG 2020 Australia Melbourne Storm
206 Samoa Ricky Leutele CT 2020 Canada Toronto Wolfpack
207 New Zealand Aaron Pene PR 2020 Australia Melbourne Storm
208 Australia Aaron Booth HK 2020 Australia Melbourne Storm
Australia Daniel Atkinson HB Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
Australia Jack Bowyer WG Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
Australia Dean Ieremia WG Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
Australia Trent Loiero SR Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
Samoa Kelma Tuilagi SR Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
New Zealand Judda Turahui LK Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm

2020 Premiership Team[edit]

Melbourne Storm
2020 Premiership Team Interchange Coach

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)



Player movements[edit]

Source:[47]

Representative honours[edit]

This table lists all players who have played a representative match in 2020.

Representative season changes[edit]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 representative season was rescheduled by the NRL as follows:

  • State of Origin - The 2020 State of Origin Series was moved from its usual time slot in June/July to November - post NRL season.[49]
  • Internationals - All international matches were cancelled.
Further information: List of Melbourne Storm representatives
Player 2020 All Stars match State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3
Josh Addo-Carr Indigenous All Stars New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales
Jahrome Hughes Maori All Stars — — —
Jesse Bromwich Maori All Stars — — —
Brandon Smith Maori All Stars — — —
Kenny Bromwich Maori All Stars — — —
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui — Queensland Queensland Queensland
Felise Kaufusi — Queensland Queensland Queensland
Cameron Munster — Queensland Queensland Queensland
Christian Welch — Queensland — Queensland
Dale Finucane — — New South Wales New South Wales
Brenko Lee — — — Queensland

Statistics[edit]

This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2020 NRL season. The table is up to date as of end of the 2020 regular season, it does not include statistics from finals matches.

Statistics source:[50]

Further information: List of Melbourne Storm records
Name Appearances Tries Goals Field goals Points
Josh Addo-Carr 18 15 0 0 60
Nelson Asofa-Solomona 17 4 0 0 16
Aaron Booth 1 0 0 0 0
Jesse Bromwich 16 0 0 0 0
Kenny Bromwich 18 3 0 0 12
Sandor Earl 2 1 0 0 4
Tom Eisenhuth 13 1 0 0 4
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui 19 7 0 0 28
Dale Finucane 13 1 0 0 4
Jahrome Hughes 16 7 0 0 28
Nicho Hynes 9 3 4 0 20
Ryley Jacks 9 1 0 0 4
Cooper Johns 2 0 0 0 0
Tui Kamikamica 5 1 0 0 4
Felise Kaufusi 18 2 0 0 8
Max King 6 0 0 0 0
Brenko Lee 11 3 0 0 12
Ricky Leutele 1 0 0 0 0
Chris Lewis 5 1 0 0 4
Isaac Lumelume 3 1 0 0 4
Paul Momirovski 6 4 0 0 16
Cameron Munster 15 4 6 1 29
Justin Olam 18 9 0 0 36
Ryan Papenhuyzen 17 7 4 1 37
Aaron Pene 1 0 0 0 0
Darryn Schonig 6 0 0 0 0
Marion Seve 7 0 0 0 0
Brandon Smith 15 3 0 0 12
Cameron Smith 16 2 70 0 148
Albert Vete 6 0 0 0 0
Suliasi Vunivalu 14 11 0 0 44
Christian Welch 16 0 0 0 0
32 players used — 91 84 2 534

Scorers

Most points in a game: 18 points

  • Round 19 : Cameron Smith (1 Try, 7 goals) vs. West Tigers

Most tries in a game: 3

  • Round 7: Suliasi Vunivalu vs. New Zealand Warriors
  • Round 16: Justin Olam vs. Manly Sea Eagles

Winning games

Highest score in a winning game: 50 points

  • Round 7: vs. New Zealand Warriors
  • Round 19: vs. West Tigers

Lowest score in a winning game: 12 points

  • Round 2: vs. Cronulla Sharks

Greatest winning margin: 46 points

  • Round 7: vs. New Zealand Warriors

Greatest number of games won consecutively: 8

  • Round 7 - Round 14

Losing games

Highest score in a losing game: 22 points

  • Round 20 vs. St. George Illawarra Dragons

Lowest score in a losing game: 0 points

  • Round 15 vs. Parramatta Eels

Greatest losing margin: 16 points

  • Round 3 vs. Canberra Raiders

Jerseys[edit]

On 1 March 2020 at the Melbourne Storm family day the Storm unveiled their new jersey for 2020 which included a new major sponsor - Redzed Lending Solutions. The new jersey is predominantly navy blue and purple with fading chevrons down the front and white lightning bolts on the sides.[51] Throughout the season the club also wore some commemorative jerseys namely for Indigenous round also an Anzac jersey was created, but because of the suspension of the season it was not worn until June. Also as of 13 June 2020 the Club added an embroidered V with the words "Our home Victoria" to both home and away jerseys to show support for their home state during the COVID pandemic.[52] There was a change in sponsorship from Round 18 onwards with Rockcote replacing TigerAir on the front of the jersey and fuelyourlife.com.au replacing Tigerair on the back, this was due the brand being retired in Australia by Virgin Australia. Both new sponsors are also sponsor of the Sunshine Coast Lightning as well.[53][54]

Jersey choice
RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 RD6 RD7 RD8 RD9 RD10 RD11 RD12 RD13 RD14 RD15 RD16 RD17 RD18 RD19 RD20 QF SF PF GF
Clash Home Home Home Clash Clash ANZAC# Home Home Home Clash Indigenous^ Home Clash Clash Home Clash Home Home Home Home — Home Clash

# The jersey designed for ANZAC Day commemorations was eventually worn against the Warriors in the Michael Moore Trophy game.
^ Designed by Ky-ya Nicholson Ward.[55]

Awards[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Previous First Grade RL club: This column denotes the previous RL club the player was signed to and played first grade RL for. If they are yet to debut then this is stipulated. If they were merely signed to the club but did not play then it is not counted
  2. ^ a b 2020 season player loan deal: players returned to their original clubs at the end of 2020.[48]

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